Netflix Slate 2017, which was held at Tokyo International Forum on Wednesday, has announced several anime series to be streamed on Netflix during its conference.
Rilakkuma Series (Kari) is a short ONA series to commemorate the franchise's 15th anniversary in 2018. It will have 10 episodes streamed via Netflix.
Lost Song
The previously announced anime (top-left visual) has revealed a special video and partial staff members on the event.
Staff
Original Work, Director, Script: Morita to Junpei (Occultic;Nine series composition and script)
Original Character Design: Tomonori Fukuda (Robotics;Notes)
Song Lyric: Aki Hata (Anne Happy♪ theme song lyric)
Music: Yuusuke Shirato (Centaur no Nayami ending theme song production)
Background Art: Deho Gallery
Studio: LIDENFILMS x Dwango
Special Video
Baki
Details regarding the previously announced anime adaptation of Baki (top-middle visual) have been announced. The anime will be having 26 episodes streamed on Netflix.
Devilman: Crybaby
The cast members for Devilman: Crybaby (top-right visual) have been announced. It will be streamed on Netflix for a total of 10 25-minute episodes.
Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya
It has been announced that a CG remake anime of Saint Saiya titled Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Saiya (bottom-left visual) will be streamed on Netflix. The series was only announced to have one cours for 12 episodes so far. It will animate from the Galaxian Wars arc to Silver Saint arc.
Staff
Director: Yoshiharu Ashino (D.Gray-man Hallow)
Story Editor & Head Writer: Eugene Son
Script: Benjamin Townsend, Shannon Eric Denton, Thomas F. Zahler, Joelle Sellner, Travis Donnelly, Thomas Pugsley, Saundra Hall, Shaene Siders, Patrick Rieger, and more
Character Design: Terumi Nishii (Mawaru Penguindrum)
Saint Costume Design: Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai mangaka)
Studio: Toei Animation
Sword Gai The Animation
It will be available on Netflix in Spring 2018. The mangaka Toshiki Inoue will join the anime staff as the one in-charge of the series composition and script.
A.I.C.O.: Incarnation Bones has announced an original anime titled A.I.C.O.: Incarnation (bottom-middle visual), which is currently in production, to stream on Netflix in Spring 2018. Kazuya Murata (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos) will be directing the series.
Synopsis
Set in the near future in Japan, year 2035. A major incident was known as "Burst" which was caused by researching artificial life. A certain AI called "Matter" has eroded the Kurobe Gorge. Entering the research city, which has been called as humanity's last hope, has been prohibited by the government. Two years later, Aiko Tachibana, a 15-year-old girl who lost her family from the incident, was told by a transfer student named Yuuya Kanzaki the truth that Aiko didn't know regarding a secret hidden within her body. The key to solve the mystery is said to be in the Primary Point, the center of Burst. When a boy and a girl, who bears the future of humanity, meet, what will be the new truth?
Staff
Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Kazuto Nakazawa
Director: Yoshiki Yamakawa
Script: Katsuya Ishida (Hajime no Ippo: Rising)
Art Director: Takanori Tanaka (Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows)
3DCG Director: Kenji Isobe (Kuroko no Basket: Last Game)
For the cast members, Main character Kurobane has been announced to be voiced by Yuki Kaji (Dive!!). There are also other cast members announced with no character names yet, including Hiroaki Hirota (Granblue Fantasy The Animation), Asami Seto (Selector Infected WIXOSS), Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Gamers!), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children), Kaito Ishikawa (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season), and Ami Koshimizu (Konbini Kareshi).
Disappointed Lost Song has no animation to show yet, LIDEN too...
A.I.C.O: Incarnation looks alrightish? Hope Kazuya Murata can make that work. Not as high quality as Gargantia on the looks but the style is similar and I dig that.
It does look more like Captain Earth-Bones than the Bones that has done recent stuff but I won't be totally pessimist about it.
It does look like Kazuto Nakazawa is making the designs for B: The Beginning along with directing so at least the character will look nice but I have no idea what he has to offer as a director.
Yet another St Seiya thing... I wonder how Kurumada gave up on his series like this, he seemed to have such a firm grasp over his proprieties in the 2000s.
I bet this won't even have Furuya reprising the eponymous role. @tsubasalover The hero's name is spelled "Seiya".
Also, using english for the "arcs" could be easier to understand. (Galaxian Wars, for example)
edit @sevenPocky I think you meant "silver saint" arc in your edit. ^^ (sorry if I 'm being an annoyance)
Devilman just looks hype as fuck and Baki is something I personally love way too much not to get excited about. The rest just look like average seasonals, hit or miss stuff basically. But it's cool to have some more options and the Saint Seiya stuff is probably something I'll end up watching one way or the other.
I think A.I.C.A is the series that interests me the most. my only problem is that the director, Kazuya Murata, is the director of Gargantia, which was a series I really didn't like, though I think it was more the writing than the directing that I had a problem with.
Wow, looks like Netflix is series about this. Guess the previous few anime did well for them. All of their titles look interesting to me except Lost Song, but that's just my preferences.
The Bones anime and IG anime really look good, plus Devilman.If this means moregood dark anime actually making money rather than bombing in disc sales and not having any fujoshi or otaku backing to buy merch, this is good. If they make money and Bones and IG make more of Joker Game, Psycho Pass type shows, I'm glad.
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DatRandomDude said: Most (if not all) of them arent even going to air in TV in Japan, they will be released in one go for everyone on Netflix only. (Japan included)
Oh well then pretend i said nothing... I was thinking it will be same case as Fate/Apo.
Tokoya said: Inb4 Netflix keeps these exclusively and the entire world has to wait until they release all the episodes at once
... well, thats literally what they are doing. and its ok if we wait since they dont even air in japanese TV so everyone is equal with these, Japan included.
I'm aware of this, but I didn't include it to the list because I'm not sure if this considers "anime" or "cartoon" even though Japanese studio Satelight is involved.
Shelter is on MAL, but we didn't report it because I'm not sure if it's newsworthy. Adding the db is decided upon anime moderators, not us news moderators.
tsubasaloverAug 2, 2017 8:04 AM
I ♥Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!!
It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
Hmm well RIP I guess depending on the time it takes for subs maybe? I dunno. But then again I'm looking forward to these for the most part as far as the list goes except for few, that I need to check prior entries I guess.
So hyped for Devilman and B: The Beginning. I hope Yuasa won't use much Flash, but I believe in him anyway, he never disappointed me before. B seems like one-man project from Kazuto Nakazawa and I really like his design and animation works, so it's a must watch for me.
Also a little dissapointed about BONES original. It looks mediocre, like it's nothing special. But we'll see.
Mostly hyped for Saint Seiya, Baki and last but not least DEVILMAN CRYBABY! A bit worried it is only 10 episodes, hopefully that just means it will have more seasons.